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The best West Ham players for their appealing fixtures

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West Ham players are now on the Fantasy Premier League radar after their 3-1 win over Watford.

The Hammers have also have a favourable streak of fixtures coming up to further interest in their assets.

Norwich come to the London Stadium in Gameweek 4 having conceded eight goals in their first three matches of the season.

After that, West Ham travel to newly-promoted Aston Villa, who have just one clean sheet in 2019/20 thus far, which came against a goal-shy Everton side last Friday.

Manchester United and Crystal Palace are the next two sides to travel to East London (in Gameweeks 6 and 8 respectively), before Manuel Pellegrini’s men travel to Bournemouth and Everton.

However, Fantasy managers will still have to ensure they choose the right West Ham player to capitalise on the form and fixtures.

We have gone over the numbers from their first three matches of 2019/20 to work out who that might be.

As this article uses data from the Fantasy Football Scout Members Area, only those who have signed up for the new campaign can access it in full.

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  1. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Like my team for this week so probably a fail. It’s -8.

    Pope
    Laporte, Digne, Mina, AWB
    Salah, Sterling, Kdb, Mount
    Haller, Pukkhi

    Button, Lundstram, Dendonker, Wickham

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    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Looks pretty good.

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    2. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      This week is more likely to be decided by captains than much else, with both the preseason and early season templates having good fixtures. Last week was decided by squad strength

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      1. FPL Blow-In
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I’m backing Sterling this week. Salah is tempting also.

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    3. Yankee Toffee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Mount fit?

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    4. Stockport Hatter
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      What transfers did you make out of interest? Good team.

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  2. Gooner97
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    A) Greenwood Martial & KWP => Pukki Mount & Soyuncu/4.8def max (-4)
    B) Jota & Martial => Pukki & 7.9max mid

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    1. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Have you a city defender?

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      1. Gooner97
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Nope
        Digne TAA VVD Lundstram KWP

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        1. FPL Blow-In
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          They have an amazing run of fixtures.

          “If” Martial is out you could do something like KWP, Martial and Jota to Laporte, Cantwell and Pukkhi.

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    2. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Not sure what you heard, but Martial isn't confirmed out by any official source. Wouldn't be panicking about selling him yet

      KWP more likely to be out, but no official word as yet either

      Maybe hold the moves until you know who's in and out? Heck, Mount is a slight doubt, but I don't expect that to amount to much

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      1. Gooner97
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        So, would you only do Jota to Pukki and hold the second transfer? I just can't stand owning Greenwood tbh

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        1. FPL Blow-In
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          This is what I’d probably do if Martial is fit.

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  3. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    https://twitter.com/BenDinnery/status/1166470226118139904?s=20

    Phew! Kelly's fine 🙂

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    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Dinnery even reliable?

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      1. Ze_Austin
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        It's a direct quote from the manager

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    2. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Might be fine, but the second Tomkins or Sakho are fit he is done..

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      1. Ze_Austin
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Definitely

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  4. Yankee Toffee
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Kane > Kun? (-4)

    Kane set to drop

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    1. Garth Marenghi
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      If long term then yes, roll the dice.

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    2. Victor6359
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      No, not for me...yet.

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  5. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    After a decent GW 59 points I am 12k OR.

    What moves if any would you make this GW.

    Ryan
    Coleman Ake VanDijk
    Salah Perez KDB Sterling Cantwell
    Wesley Kane

    Button Lundstram Greenwood Kelly

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    1. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      How much ITB?

      I see nothing to do there. Roll, maybe? Perez to McGinn/Mount is a possibility but can be delayed for GW5 instead, in a likely double move with Wesley to Barnes for those fixtures... But I don't see...

      Wait. No Pukki? Your OR explains the statement that no player is essential 🙂

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  6. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Classic Sheffield United game here :p
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZDsjY3uFdE

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  7. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    It's it easier to just stick with 2/3 premiums and rotate the fringes of the squad with bench and transfers?

    Premiums can get points against any team, big or small. Also almost equally capable of blanking against any team, big or small. The unpredictability makes me feel more comfortable with owning S + S + 9.5 mid for some captaincy returns (hauls are a bit more predictable) and their points over the course of a season (or long periods of it), while moving the likes of Pukki and Perez in or out in short to mid-term moves based on the eye test, stats and fixtures... Since they are more predictable

    I feel uncomfortable with moving on from Kane to Kun to Auba based on recency bias (the same Kane being sold en masse actually got a brace a fortnight ago, didn't he?). Or from Salah to/fro Mane for similar reasons. I feel they'll end up at around the same points anyway, so I plan to keep until stuff like injuries, severe sudden rotation risk, and suspension

    Is there something I'm missing?

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    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      i also tend towards choosing 2 premiums and more-or-less sticking to them (salah and sterling), then rotating mid-level players based on fixtures.

      not a bit fan of peter blake, or of this article actually, but if you want to hear arguments again that strategy there are some here: https://mathematicallysafe.wordpress.com/2019/07/01/fpl-analysis-what-five-seasons-of-data-modelling-have-revealed-about-predictive-analysis-fixture-impact-and-optimal-team-structure-in-fantasy-premier-league/

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      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        against*

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        1. EMBOLOFAN
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          big* ffs

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          1. Ze_Austin
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Lmao! One of those days

            Thanks a lot for this article though 🙂

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    2. AicilaXI
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      What do you mean? You don't want to rotate premiums, but you're fine with rotating anything else as form comes and goes?

      You can argue that some premiums are fixture-proof, sure, but there is still some room to move around based on the exact same logic you use to rotate between cheaper options.

      Will they end up on similar scores at the end of the season? Perhaps. Having them in your team when they haul is the important part though.

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      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        suspect fixture difficulty affects premium and nonpremium players of different positions in different ways

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        1. AicilaXI
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Sure, but you're still much more likely to get the big (c)hat-tricks+ with premiums with plum home fixtures over difficult ones. Just depends on how willing you are to chase the fixtures.

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          1. EMBOLOFAN
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            think having 1 city and 1 lfc premium is probably optimal, which (imo) means salah and sterling - which makes it hard to get 11m+ strikers without taking hits. arsenal/spurs have no premium mids so thats how i end up there

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            1. EMBOLOFAN
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              moreso this year with hazard out of the picture

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      2. Eddie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Yep, I'm inclined to take this point of view. I like to try and pick players I'm happy with regardless of fixtures, but I think it's wise not to be too rigid, whatever the price bracket, so that you can bring in whoever is showing form, or has irresistible fixtures.

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        1. Ze_Austin
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Okay, on the form point: what I'm saying is that premium assets do not generally follow the rule of form. Except for wild events like injuries, suspension and drastically increased rotation risk or clearly reduced quality (Ozil, Sanchez), premiums tend to go on unpredictable runs of, say, 3 to 4 blanks or one assist per game... Then show up with a hat trick against Arsenal/Chelsea/Man U/Bournemouth/Norwich. It's easy to miss this with captaincy, yes. But owning covers a lot

          The other premium you're switching to could then start his own run of 3 to 4 blanks or sub-10 points, regardless of fixtures. It's easier to predict this with smaller teams because they tend to do better and be more expressive against fellow small teams, then focus on damage-control when facing a run of big-6 games so tend to play more on the counter or just park the collective bus

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          1. Andy_Social
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            "It's easier to predict this with smaller teams because they tend to do better and be more expressive against fellow small teams, then focus on damage-control when facing a run of big-6 games so tend to play more on the counter or just park the collective bus"

            Even that is questionable. It's true for unambitious teams that you probably avoid anyway, but last season Wolves would go for it against Big-6 sides, and now it looks as if Norwich are determined to play that way, with Villa and Blades not being ruled out either.

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            1. Ze_Austin
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Out of 14 "smaller" teams than the big 6, the teams I can pick out that would pay no attention to damage control but attempt to outscore their opponents are West Ham, Norwich and maybe Leicester

              Wolves don't alter their playstyle due to tougher opposition. Their playstyle just makes them better against tougher opposition, as they'll always let you have the ball anyway. So we don't get high-flying 3-2 or 4-1 scorelines as Wolves would normally contain the game to a max of 3 goals. Everton has clearly focused more on defence than attack since around GW21 or so last season, so they are not expected to come out guns blazing against City

              Leaving 11/14 teams who "tend to do better and be more expressive against fellow small teams, then focus on damage-control when facing a run of big-6 games so tend to play more on the counter or just park the collective bus" - my original point

              Also, recognizing the fearless teams and adding them to your team spine with S + S then rotating the other spots in your team - rather than trying to fit in a 3rd 11+ player by sacrificing other price points - might prove to be a shrewd tactic this season, especially with how unignorably cheap Pukki and Cantwell are, then the small outlay for the likes of McGinn, Barnes and Haller who might be less fixture-proof but have good runs of fixtures now and then

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      3. Ze_Austin
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        It is far easier to shift cheaper options based on fixtures than premiums

        This is because I would not expect Vardy to bag hauls between GWs 1 and 9 because of the block of difficulty he faces, while I would still expect Salah and Sterling to get goals and assists against the likes of Spurs and Arsenal while getting captaincy-level hauls in many games against the smaller teams they inevitably face in any block of fixtures

        I'll give examples:
        West Ham from GWs 2 to 13
        Leicester from GWs 9 to 18
        Crystal Palace from GWs 14 to 21

        Except for the wild outlier that is Wolves, most teams outside the big 6 have recorded more goals and clean sheets against fellow "small teams" than against bigger sides. This feels more predictable to me than the likes of Aguero's serial hat tricks against big 6 clubs, or Salah scoring 15 against Arsenal while Sterling had 8 against the "leaky" Bournemouth

        I prefer missing hauls with captaincy to chasing hauls with transfers

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        1. Eddie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Now this seems to make more sense (I'm so easily persuaded) and is closer to how I try to set up my team; a core set of players, generally big hitters and then cheaper solid players who I think are great value, and then rotate the remaining players based on fixtures and form.

          However, I've been burnt in the past for ignoring players like Kane, Vardy, Hazard when they've started showing form (sometimes coinciding with fixtures) but I've stuck with my big guns because I've been busy rotating my filler players.

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          1. Ze_Austin
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            There's a fine line between pragmatism and stubbornness in FPL. Hard to properly catch self when drifting towards stubbornness, but I guess that's part of the fun of this game

            On the Kane/Vardy/Hazard point, I doubt we have anybody who matches the pure royalty status of S+S this season. Maybe someone would emerge soon enough. Mane could stake a claim, but Salah's superior stats plus pens and pedigree still give an edge over him. Strikers have a lot to do to come near to the mids due to the unfair nature of points per goal in FPL, so it feels like Kane/Aguero/Auba would be in addition to S+S, not a replacement of either. Therein lies the temptation to rotate, as premium forwards give a true roulette when it comes to points they can grab in any week against any opponent. A Kane brace or hat trick in the NLD could have transfers flying again

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            1. EMBOLOFAN
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              feel people overlook this. last weekends implied anytime goalscorer odds for example:
              kane 67%(*4/100=2.68pt)
              sterling 59%
              (*5/100=2.95pt)
              salah 52%
              (*5/100=2.6pt)

              factor in increased odds of assist for s+s, plus decent chance of cs point, and kane is a clear 3rd in captaincy choice, even vs newcastle. and yet on here almost all kane owners who also owned one of s+s (sometimes both) captained the former.

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              1. Andy_Social
                • 11 Years
                4 years, 7 months ago

                Many bought him specifically for that match.

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                1. EMBOLOFAN
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 7 months ago

                  sure but giving him captaincy compounds the mistake

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          2. Alan Watts
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            I think its good not to have too much of a fixed / rigid strategy, as the FPL landscape is continually changing...

            eg 5 premiums defenders, double Pool defence (which could still come good), double / treble BOU attack, Mane better option than Salah etc...

            Budget forwards could easily go on a dry-run, and then there will be a scramble to get whatever premium forward is on a hot streak...

            I think when a premium forward goes on a run, which is likely to happen, and could well be Aguero over the next few, its good to have that flexibility to get in...

            The Kane move always had known risks ie Eriksen situation and tendency to drop deep / struggle against weaker teams defending deeply, even against Villa they struggled for most of the game from previous experience...

            Man City situation has changed with Jesus injury and Aguero scoring 4 in 3 and a bit matches....

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            1. Alan Watts
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              And the Eriksen issue / lack of creativity, is a change in the Spurs dynamic....which justifies moving Kane out

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            2. EMBOLOFAN
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              depends if you believe “runs” (consecutive overperformances) are predictive or largely down to variance

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              1. Alan Watts
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 7 months ago

                OK call runs form then, Aguero is currently on one, premiums tend to maintain a run of good form over a set of fixtures...particularly easy ones...so Id say there a pretty good probability of Aguero scoring well over the next 3-4 games, based on his current form, team form, previous history, and fixtures...

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                1. EMBOLOFAN
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 7 months ago

                  call it whatever you want, it’s fundamentally the same thing. you could be right but its not something i tend to put much stock in.

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                  1. EMBOLOFAN
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 7 months ago

                    fixtures yes, “form” no

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                  2. Alan Watts
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 7 months ago

                    I did call it what I wanted - simply runs of good form scoring lots of points, not "consecutive overperformance / variance"...

                    We've seen Kane and Aguero do it many times before, likewise Salah / Sterling...

                    Auba is a more difficult call due to Emery farting around with formation changes / benchings etc

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                    1. EMBOLOFAN
                      • 5 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      yes players sometimes score well in consecutive games. this is only useful to us if its predictive. it may not be.

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  8. COYS Down Under
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I don’t have Sterling and have Kane.

    If Martial is out more two weeks then Martial > Sterling and Kane > Barnes/Haller seems sensible. If he’s fit for GW5 then it’s between Kane > Kun and Kane/Dendoncker > Greenwood/Sterling.

    Does that all sound right? Or do I just do the last move and hope Greenwood plays if Martial out?

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    1. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      All sounds sensible. Though I would like Sterling over Kane or Kun long term, so possible the first move even if Martial is only out for a week, or find another way to bring Sterling in.

      Kun looks good for at least the next game. Jesus news would be welcome.

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    2. AicilaXI
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Considering there's a week off in between GW4/5, you would think Martial will be ok for GW5.

      I'd still want Sterling though.

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  9. Stupendous
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Gtg? Spent 4 to be set with this for now..

    Heaton
    Digne Laporte VVD
    Sterling Salah Kdb Mount
    PukkiGod Ayew Abraham

    Pope Dendonker Lundstram Montoya

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    1. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I like it, basically cause it's my team but you've mangaged to shoehorn in Abraham for my TAA. I think I prefer yours but for now I'm holding fast on my double Pool defence.

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      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Prefer TAA to Abraham

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        1. Stupendous
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          No doubt

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      2. Stupendous
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Aye I'm missing Robbo or TAA.

        If I can get either them in then I'll be happy enough.

        Watching both them bomb down the wings is painful.

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        1. Twisted Saltergater
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Yeah, one of them looks a must after the Newcastle game onwards. Don’t think I can afford one with my squad balance. Hey ho.

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  10. Nightf0x
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    A) Get haller this gw and barnes next gw with a -4 or get barnes now?
    B) vvd or matip and save the cash

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    1. AicilaXI
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Can't you just wait and get Barnes next week.

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      1. Nightf0x
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Deulfoeu droping

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        1. AicilaXI
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          I'd take the drop on the chin, play deulfo this week (isn't a bad fixture) and get Barnes from there. I'm assuming you have something ITB if you can get Haller.

          If you're that averse to a drop, i'd go with Haller and play him in gw5 as well before reassessing from there.

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          1. AicilaXI
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Also, VVD.

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    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I’d wait. Delofeu has Newcastle.

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    3. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      A. Haller now, Barnes GW5. You'd need some spare cash though. And I hope you aren't planning to sell Haller for Barnes, as one-GW moves should be left for Free Hit or pre-wildcard weeks

      B. VVD by quite some margin, until Gomez is injured or clearly becomes a backup

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  11. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Hey DZ, which front 8 do you prefer, please?

    Sterling, KdB, MANÉ, Ceballos, Cantwell
    FIRMINO, Pukki, HALLER

    Or

    Sterling, KdB, SALAH, Ceballos, Cantwell
    KANE, Pukki, GREENWOOD

    Thanks!

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    1. AicilaXI
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      A. But i'd rather Salah instead of Mane at Firmino's expense.

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      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Thanks.. Firmino downgraded to?

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        1. AicilaXI
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Hard to look past Barnes, but it also depends if you think you could use the extra funds elsewhere.

          Mane/Firmino is a snug fit I guess. Firminho has just never really seemed to get the hauls I'd want for someone at 9.5.

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  12. davies
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Thoughts on starting Greenwood if Martial is ruled out?

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    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Sounds good. Let’s see what Ole says.

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    2. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I am. Even if he doesn't start, he has a good chance of getting an extended sub appearance.

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    3. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      rather take 2 points from big dendo than 1 from 10min greenwood cameo

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  13. rainy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Price Changes - 28th August 2019

    🔺  Pukki (7.0), Lundstram (4.2)

    🔻  Hourihane (5.8), Bong (4.4), Clarke (4.4), Kayal (4.4), Chilwell (5.4), Clark (4.4), Eastwood (4.4), Deeney (6.3), Deulofeu (6.3), Snodgrass (5.4), Saïss (4.4), Gibbs-White (4.9), Batshuayi (6.7), Trézéguet (5.4), Cutrone (5.8)

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    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Cheers Rainman 🙂

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    2. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      1-0 cheers Rainy!

      Robertson defending his drop like a trooper! Surely it will happen before the deadline...

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      1. Yankee Toffee
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Surely

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      2. Andy_Social
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Kane also, on -102. Need to see VAR on that.

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        1. G-Whizz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          https://twitter.com/gwhizz420/status/1166299506067030016?s=20

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    3. Zilla
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Cheers Rainy TM

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      1. rainy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        😉

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    4. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Ta muchly

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    5. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Cheers, Rainy.

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    6. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Interesting the sheer number of drops this season, something has to have altered with the algorithm, although the highly owned assets seem to have more tolerance. Cheers Rainy

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      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        based purely on volume right? possibly underestimated number of active players at this point

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        1. RedLightning
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Price falls are based on net sales as percentages of their own ownership.
          Large numbers of low-ownership players selected mainly by casuals who turn out to be non-starters are likely to see early price falls.
          A smaller number of over-hyped players who are favoured by non-casuals but are not owned by many casuals, and who have disappointing early returns may also see their prices fall.

          Price rises however are based more on volume, and many transfers in are for a smaller number of template players some of whom already have fairly high ownership, so there aren't so many of them.

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      2. rainy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah, the algo surely gets a tweak (or three) each season. Though iirc we saw these large groups of fallers early on last season as well...

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        1. Majestic Chanka
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          I ‘member, I don’t know why this is surprising people, especially when you think of how many punts are being chucked to jump on the bandwagons.

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    7. seewhyaxe
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Cheers Rainy. Luckily I can still wait for the mid week fixture for Burnley before deciding to transfer Barnes in.

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    8. Christina.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Clint Eastwood. Cheap as chips.

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      1. rainy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        His FPL profile pic...'I'm how much? Yess, get in!'

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    9. Bury94
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I'm probably one of the very few here that doesn't have one of these price rises!

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    10. Majestic Chanka
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Deulofail

      Couldn’t have predicted it, except I & many others did. Got all his points against the whipping boys last time out, this time Watford are the whipping boys!

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    11. jason_ni
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Wow - thought Deeney would survive, was close to holding him one more day to wait on info for martial, but pulled the trigger just in case this happened!

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  14. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Think I'm doing jota to haller this week to give team below.

    Is it also worth getting rid of perez for a hit before he falls?....options below...

    Pope
    Vvd digne soyuncu guilbert (rico)
    Salah sterling kdb perez (trossard)
    Haller pukki (greenwood)

    A......perez to mount - 4

    B.....perez to cantwell - 4 (allows greenwood to barnes gw5)

    C.....hold

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    1. Yankee Toffee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      A but wait on presser for fitness

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    2. AicilaXI
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      B but wait until next week. You can always play Perez this week and take the -4 next week if you have no other issues to deal with.

      Unless the price rises/drops are going to price you out.

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      1. Flynny
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Touch and go....I'm priced out if Cantwell rises again....

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        1. Flynny
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          I can do perez and Greenwood to cantwell and haller - 4 this week....

          Wish just enough for jota to barnes gw5 ....how does that sound?

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          1. AicilaXI
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Sounds pretty decent to me, yes.

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    3. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I'm gonna get Mount first (for Perez), wait with Jiminez to Haller for a week.

      Haller realistically only played one game.....

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  15. Yankee Toffee
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Play?

    a. Douglas Luiz (cry) = Midfielder
    b. Lundstram (che)

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    1. Rihanovic
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Easy A.

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      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        *Easy E

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  16. Laserface
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Any update on Martial? (From a reliable source)

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    1. Root
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      No.

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      1. Pulisic 4 President
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Is Greenwood worth a start if Martial is out?

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        1. Laserface
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          He has a good chance of starting. Ole will make some changes in the attack after the last game. Lingard might be benched as well

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        2. Kiwivillan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Martial could be out and Greenwood still not start

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          1. EMBOLOFAN
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            most likely scenario

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  17. Pulisic 4 President
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Any recommendations for this team? Was thinking to hold the FT.

    Pope (Button)
    TAA Digne KWP (Lundstrom, Rico) - will play Rico if KWP out
    Sterling Salah Maddison Mount Trossard
    Kane Deulofeu (Greenwood)

    Deulofeu already dropped so may as well keep (Newcastle) and he had 113 Threat rating last week - to put that in perspective, Pukki had 114 in his hat trick game against Newcastle.

    Would be nice to have 2 FT going into the international break. Still holding my WC too.

    Currently at 29k 🙂

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    1. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      You're doing well, just keep trucking along. Wait for news on KWP but don't change anything else.

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      1. Pulisic 4 President
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Thanks, would probably still just hold KWP even if he doesnt play. Lundstrom or Rico (or maybe both) will start.

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  18. SUPER MOKH
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Moura Martial > KDB McGinn for a hit, and then captain KDB sounds fun right?

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  19. Kabayan
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    A. Auba + Son
    Or
    B. Haller + Pepe

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    1. Firmino
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Wait on Arsenal assets

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    2. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I've been convinced on Haller + Pepe since I watched Pepe play

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    3. Klein
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      What does the extra 3.5 do?

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      1. Kabayan
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Spotted on..
        I have no idea really... Or might get Salah + Barnes
        But I want forward from Arsenal

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  20. Firmino
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Heaton
    Robbo VvD Digne Rico
    Salah Sterling KdB Martial Mount
    Pukki

    McGovern; Greenwood, Wickham, Montoya

    1FT 0.3ITB

    If Martial is out, anything worth a FT?

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    1. Kub3
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Depends how long he’s out for

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    2. Laserface
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Lanzini maybe

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  21. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    is a front 3 of haller, pukki and barnes looks a bit dodgy or the ideal?

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    1. Flynny
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Ideal given fixtures

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      1. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        seems so, just worried if a premium forward becomes wanted it requires alot of work. If one of them was eight/nine mil it would be alot safer.
        Feels like a trap to me, but equally it could be perfect

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    2. Kub3
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      The only premium (high budget) forward playing well right now is Aguero. So I think what you have is really decent

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    3. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      7.5 is an expensive punt, having the other two is probably sensible

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    4. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Inhibits flexibility greatly imo

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  22. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Barnes likely to rise to 6.7m tomorrow.

    Will he go to 6.8m before deadline??

    Need him not to....thanks

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    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      i need him to go to...6.5 🙁

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  23. Nigawan
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Hey guys, appreciate if you guys give me some feedback on these..

    1. Captain Salah or Sterling ?
    2. Play Barnes or Greenwood

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    1. Kub3
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Sterling
      Barnes

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    2. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Sterling and Barnes

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    3. Firmino
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Sterling
      Wait for ManU presser

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    4. jia you
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      1. Sterling over Salah for next two for me.
      2. Barnes

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  24. Bad Kompany
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Is Charlie Daniels injured? If so does that mean Rico is first choice?

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    1. jia you
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      On WC Im hoping so but they do have this Lloyd Kelly dude when he returns from injury!

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    2. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yes very injured. No not nailed. See what happens cup game tomo

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  25. jia you
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Nice to have bought Pukki 0.5 cheaper than some! Has an asset ever rose 0.5 this fast before I wonder?

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    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Auba last season

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      1. jia you
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        really, don't remember that!

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  26. De Gea is GOAT
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I see a lot of people going for Haller this GW. I'm more sold on Lanzini. Anyone bringing him in?

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    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Too many of #10/ wingers at WH for me.
      Haller looks nailed so ...

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      1. De Gea is GOAT
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Fair call. Thanks for that. Lanzini has started all games though hasn't he? Hard to see him being dropped when he hits top form

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        1. Pukki Blinders
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Lanzini just as safe as Haller imo.

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    2. jia you
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Great little player but so injury prone!

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      1. Spark Dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Have got Lanzini in this week. Most creative of those forward players. Back to his best from what I've heard after all his injuries. Worth a punt as your 3rd/4th mid imo.

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  27. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    not yet, but this wc team maybe?

    Heaton (button)
    digne - pva - vvd (lundstram, rico)
    salah - sterling - mount - cantwell (douglas luiz)
    aguero - barnes - pukki

    have to rotate cantwell and lundstram tho

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    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Like it
      I've gone for KDB as second City attacker though.

      Also, you should WC at very start of gw to reap rewards off price changes.
      I've missed Friday this last gw as i was away on a trip & missed .2 swing which is biting me now 😀

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      1. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        cool thanks

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    2. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Bold

      As a Palace fan I like PvA call on principle but the fixtures are about to go horrid. I’d go Emerson for punty 5.5 myself.

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  28. chaser123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Any chance of Perez returns this weekend against Bournemouth?

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    1. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Same as any other right-winger facing Bournemouth. Not the strongest defensive opponent, so there's the possibility of a gifted goal/haul

      I'd feel comfortable selling Perez though. Even with a hat trick vs Bournemouth, the replacement could outscore him and rise in price between GWs 5 and 8

      I might be biased from selling Perez in GW3. Felt like a huge weight off my team after the eye test had him on negative scores two GWs in a row

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    2. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Not a good gw to sell him with FT imo
      I'd wait till next one

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  29. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Did the server go down, or was that just me?

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  30. Pilgrim62
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Who do you prefer:
    Ederson and Pieters
    or
    Pope and Laporte

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    1. Klein
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Poporte

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